A Western style building constructed near Sagami Bay in this east Japan city in 1937 was a vacation home of a Meiji period ...

The arched entrance of the Odawara Literature Museum's main building is seen in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 20, ...

Course meets: Tuesday and Thursday 11:30-12:50 in Fayerweather 217a Office Hours: Monday and Thursday 9:15-10:00 and by appointment Requirements: Assigned readings are to be completed before class.

These whimsical, escapist books have long been popular in Japan and Korea. But now translations of titles like We'll Prescribe You a Cat, Before the Coffee Gets Cold, and The Full Moon Coffee Shop ...

The life and death of acclaimed writer Yukio Mishima is a cautionary reminder of the complex, sometimes dangerous ...

The MA program in Japanese is designed to provide advanced-level training in Japanese language, literature and civilization, with the aim of preparing students for both Japan-related professional ...

Each semester, we offer two seminars in Japanese literature across different historical periods that are centered around the intensive study of particular texts, genres, and theories. See our graduate ...

He was 96. Keene, one of the foremost Western scholars of Japanese literature, often likened his relationship with Japan to a marriage. He even decided to become a citizen after the 2011 ...

American-born Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene (1922-2019) was 16 when he encountered kanji Chinese characters. So different from the English alphabet, the ideograms captivated him.